1. Preamble: - Wearing of MCPE/ACV/Command badge by eligible
officers has been approved with effect from 01 Jul 2005.

2. Eligibility: - The eligibility conditions are as follows: -

(a) Silver Star

Sl

Category

Qualification
Criteria

(i)

MCPE

Any Officer (GD/PN/Tech)
who qualifies MCPE

(ii)

ACV

ACV operator (CO/XO) on
completion of operational time of 200 hours by day and 30 hours by night

(iii)

Command

Any Officer (GD/PN) who
has completed cumulative command of commissioned ICG Ships for more than 24
months.

(iv)

MCPE and Command

As per Sl (i) & (iii)
above

(v)

MCPE and ACV

As per Sl (i) & (ii)
above

(vi)

Command and ACV

As per Sl (ii) & (iii)
above

(vii)

MCPE, Command and ACV

As per Sl (i), (ii) &
(iii) above

(b) Gold
Star

Sl

Category

Qualification
Criteria

(i)

MCPE,ACV and Command

Any officer (GD/PN)
MCPE qualified as well as ACV operator (CO/XO) completed operational time of
600 hours by day and 300 hours by night and has cumulative command of ICG
Ships for more than 5 years is entitled

(ii)

ACV and Command

Same as Sl. (i) above
except for MCPE. This caters for officers of the “Pre-MCPE era”

3. Design: - The badge is to be of circular shape (dia – 25mm)
having Navy blue background with “MCPE/COMMAND/ACV”, as the case may be, words
engraved along the edge of the badge and a Silver/Gold star (dia – 10 mm)
embossed on it, as per the conditions laid down in para 2 above. The design of
various badges is placed at an enclosure -1 and also hosted on ICG website.

4. Wearing: - The badge is to be worn on the right side of the
chest in the middle of the breast pocket on all uniforms except No. 7,8,9 & 10.
In case the officer is having Safety Award Insignia (SAI), then the SAI will be
worn immediately 25mm below the badge. (Amendment to para 4 (ii) a (i) of CGO
11/2001 will be issued subsequently).

5. It is pertinent to mention that
officers will be entitled to wear one badge only of all the categories mentioned
at para 2 above. As and when the officer qualifies any of the specified
criteria, i.e. MCPE or Command or ACV operator, he can accordingly claim for
adding the additional qualification in the badge. The eligible officers are
required to forward the claim as per format enclosed (enclosure – 2). The
claims are to be forwarded by the Commanding Officer of ships/establishments to
the respective administrative authority who will in turn forward to the Dte (Pers),
CGHQ. On approval from CGHQ the officer will be entitled for the badge.

6. Specifications: - CGHQ will be nodal agency holding the
authorized specifications of the badge and will carry out initial procurement,
in order to maintain quality and standardization.

7. Procurement
and Stocking of Badges: - Badges will be available as on payment basis. URC
ICGS Delhi will undertake procurement of the badges, which would in turn further
distribute to the Regional URC’s for sale. Regional Commanders will be requested
to place consolidated demand to URC ICGS Delhi by 30 May 05.